Improvement in neck-ties



ASA JOHN-SON, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 82,323, dated September 22, 1868,; antedatecl September 11, 1868.

/ IMPROVEMENT In NECK-TIES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

, Be it known that I, ASA JOHNSON, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and' improved Neck-Tie; andI do declare thatthe following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the neck-tie.

Figure 2 is an elevation of a bow or butterfly with retainer attached.

Figure is an enlarged view of the material used.

Figure 4 is a view of a scction of a neck-tie, showing the material cut bias to form the end.

My invention consists in making neck-ties out of wire cloth or gauze, or of a material when warp or weft is composed wholly or in part of wire.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describemy method of carrying out the same. p

In making iny neck-ties, I use wire cloth or gauze, woven in figures or plain, and either colored, or-not, over a whole or a portion. of its surface. It may be woven in stripes or figures, and wire of difiercnt colors and of different material may be used; or part wire and part textile material may be used to form the stripes or figures.

Instead of depending upon coloring the wire to produce ornamental efi'ects, stripes or figures may be stamped,

or worked upon the plain wire cloth with a needle.

In forming this article, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, it is cut so that its edges may be doubled or folded over, the divided edges meeting oh the back and soldered together, as seen in figs. 4 and 5. I

It is obvious that neck-ties 'may be made in any shape, and secured to the person in any of the known forms, without departing from the principle of my invention.

In preparing wire for weaving difierent stripes and figures, any or every known metal may be used, and

compounded in such proportions as to give any quality of metal or shade of colors desired. Then, from those different kinds or compositions of. metal, wires may be drawn of diiferent colors, and any number of them may i be twistcd'or melted together in such a manner as to give any number and'kinds of colors desired; or a mixture of small pieccsyof various shapes and sizes, of these wires or kinds, and colored metals, may be melted together, in such a manner as to form, when cold, a solid mass, showing separate and distinctly all the various. colors of which the mass is composed. Then a wire may be drawn from any or all of the above-described wires or compositions of metals, and these last-mentioned wires may be ornamented, in any manner desired, by passing the wire through between'rollers or dies formed for that purpose, with grooves or indentations madetherein, thereby making the impressions so deeply into the metal that they will not wear off; or the wire may be plated with silver or gold, or colored with any or every other metallic or mineral substance, thus imparting a great variety of durable colors. If desirable, the figures may be stamped or painted after the cloth is woven, the same as cotton or woollen fabrics are now painted or stamped.

Therefore, by weaving a cloth of a variety of these difierent shapes and kinds of wires, either single, or two or more twisted together, a great variety of designsand handsome and durable figures may be formed; and

by using only such metals as gold, platinum, silver, and suchother metals or composition of metals that will not corrode, a .very beautiful and durable cloth may be formed, a cloth that neither acid, grease, nor dirt of any kind will injure.

The advantages of neck-ties made of this material are, that they are cheap, easily cleaned, and very durable, and may be left open, too, for purposes of ventilation in summer, or painted, varnished, or lined, to make them warm for winter, and when made of gold or othr valuable metals, they are valuable, when worn out, for old metal, the edges of the wire cloth being rendered smooth and kept from ravelling by being tinned.

The parts of neck-ties made separate, may be joined together by soldering or by sewing with thread or small wire. 7

What I claim,,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A neck-tie formed of wire cloth or gauze, substantially as described, asa new article of manufacture.

ASA JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

M. B. BROWN, F; L. Mounrunor. 

